Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-29

If You want good smoke, YOU vii
find the NJ. b. Cigar the best.
Lunda Hough has gone to his old
home in Charlotte for Il few days visit
Mrs. j. W. Holmes went to Jackson
Tuesday for a visit among her old time
friends.
! WANTED TO rent, buy or trade a
good cook stove for an oil stove. In
quire at this Office.
One hundred and forty people died
in Detroit last week, eighty-two of them
being under years of age.
y. J. Brown, attorney of Stanton,
was in town Monday, accompanied by
Win Chapman, of the same place,
Bro. Coutant, of the Mt. Pleasant
Enterprise, made Us pleasant call
Saturday while on his way to Green
vile.
The Womans Missionary meeting Of
the Cong1 church will meet at the lect-
re room on Tuesday, Aug. ., at 3
O'Clock.
I. c. .Archagd left here on Wednes
day for a trip to Duluth. His brother
has taken his place in the store during
his absence.
Ira II. Adams, of Chester, Vermont,
is visiting his sons, the Adams Bros.
He reports excellent crops of all kinds
III the Green Mountain state.
Henry Vcrmeulen, who has been
sick for some time, has resumed his
labors with VIII IIough & Co. His
many friends are glad to witness his
recovery.
Basset's phosphate sherbet, the best
drink in town ~ MILLEH's Drug
store.
T. NJ. Reynolds and son Thomas, of
Chicago. are here to spend few weeks
with Mrs. Reynolds; also another son
Leslie. wife and child. of Grand Rap
IDS. ana Mrs Reynolds is happy.
The rumor of the death of Stanley,
the AfricaQ explorer, has proved to be
untrue. He is known to have left
Aruwimi July for Wadell, the head
quarters Of Fm;n Bey. July is long
time after the date of his reported
death.
About forty Aimaitcs dispensed with
their usual Sunday morning nap last
Sunday and Joined the excursion to
Whitmwe Lake. Inasmuch as it was
not q sabbath school excursion, it did |
not rain and a very pleasant day was
enjoyed, not only while at the lake, but
during the ride both going and return
ing. III the Alma people seemed to
have q good time. bat our genial T., \.
y. Il y. NJ. agent appeared to get more
enjoyment ont of it than any one else;
and when the train emerged from the |
Howell tunnel. he looked to be the hap |
piest man i'm all Michigan. Returning,
the train was late not reaching Alma |
until near midnight.
At a field trial of self-bindcrs, on the
farm Of Wm Church, near Shepherd
July 10, between the Deering and Mil
waukee Junior. it is bat just to the
public to state that the Milwaukee Jr.
represented by Miller Bros, of Alma,
became the fayorite on the first round
among the multitude of good farmers
assembled there. The absence Of com
plicated machinery, light weight and |
much lighter draft OF the Milwaukee |
machine won the hearty and repeated |
applause of the people and received the |
verdict which places it pre-emnent |
among the farmers OF this community |
The Sabbath school of the Cong'l |
church for the last quarter has the fol-
lowing statement: Whole number en-
rolled, 40; average attendance, Sc; !
amount of collections so 80: average |
sabbath collection. Sl.57; number Of |
teachers g. In addition to the above.
the school las raised by different meth
ods $1,000 toward paying church build
ing debt. During the first quarter of
the schOo. httIe over TWO years ago |
the average attendance was ~; there
has been gradual increase in members
from the first Those who have charge
of thc school earnestly desire the at
tendance of those who do not attend
elsewhere, and the hearty cooperation
of parents and friends.
In a very pleasant interview with
Rev Or. Washington Gardner, we
learn that on saturday last he attend
edthe ceremony of the laying of the
corner stone OF the new church at
Dushylle lie reports very interest
ing time. The Band in full uniform
discoursed sweet mdsic, and the wom-
ans relief corps in full regalia, added |
much to the enjoyment of the occasion
Also That on sunday he attended the
dedicatory services of the new church |
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